Draft-rigging for railway-cars.



I. F. OCONNOR. DRAFT RIGGING FOR RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I, I9.I6.

Patented May 8, 1917.

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ATTORNEY WITNESS Jill-1W 1 5 6301533303, 9F CHICAGG, ILLINGIS, ASSIGNORT0 VTILLIME H. THEME, 43F

- CHAZY, NEW YORK.

DRAFT-HIGGING FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

Application filed March 1, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, dons l ()CoNNon, a citizen of the United States,residing at (hit-ago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain newand useful Improvement in Draft-Riggings forliailwaydlars. of which the following is a full, clear. concise, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to draft riggings for railway cars.

The object of my invention is to provide a convenient and safe means forconnecting a yoke, particularly a two part yoke to a draw bar.

In the drawings forming a part of the specification, Figure 1 is a sideelevation of parts of a draft rigging embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 IS ahorizontal section taken on line 29 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal,vertical, sectional view of the rear .end of the coupler or draw bar.Fig. i is a detail view in horizontal section of a draw bar butt at theforward end of the draft yoke illustrating a modification in which nocoupler key is employed.

l'leferring to the drawings, the numerals 5-5 indicate draft members orparts of the car frame to which the draft rigging is applied, (3( frontstop members, 7 a draft yoke S a tie plate, 9 a draft gear shown by thedotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawin f, and 10 a front follower shown indotted lines in Fig. 1. It will be understood that any suitable draftgear capable of being mounted within a yoke of the type disclosed may beemployed without affecting my invention. The draft yoke 7 is a. two partyoke comprising a pair of parallel vertically arranged loops 2020. Thedraw bar is indicated at the numeral 11, only the rear end thereof beingshown in the drawing. The draw bar is provided with a transverse keyslot 12, the periphery of which at either end is surrounded .by a boss13, extended outwardly from the lateral faces of the draw bar. Each loop20 of the draft yoke 7 is provided at its forward end with a verticalplate 1% connecting the forward ends of the loop, each of said platesbeing provided with a transverse perforation 15, each being adapted tobe Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Mays, llfiitti.

Serial no. 21.331.

entered by a boss 13 of the draw bar. When the draw bar and yoke are inassembled relation the plates 14; of the yoke are adjacent the sides ofthe draw bar, the boss 13 ateither side extending through the apertures15 in the yoke. The two parts of thepass through the transverseperforation 12 in the draw bar, which key for convenience ]Il removal 1sextended at its ends through the elongated slots 18 provided in theadacent stop members and draft members. In Fig. 4. of the drawings theconnection between the yoke and draw bar is shown, and in thisillustration the key 17 is not employed. The absence of the key, as willbe readily understood, will obviate the no cessity of providing theslots in the adjacent stop members and draft members. In assembling theyoke and draw bar, the two loops of the yoke are placed in position uponthe bosses 13 of the draw bar and the same is then mounted between thedraft members and in the preferred form, the keyv 17 is then inserted.

I claim:

1. In a draft rigging for railway cars, in combination, a slotted drawbe? having laterally extended bosses, a draft yoke comprising a pair ofloops having connecting plates at their forward ends, and a coupler key,the lateral plates of the yoke being perforated to receive the bosses ofthe draw bar, the coupler key passing through the slot of the draw bar.

2. In a draft rigging for railway cars, the combination with a draw barhaving a transverse slot therethrough, the draw bar being provided withlaterally extended bosses surrounding the terminals of said slot, oftwo-part yoke, each part having a plate at its forward end perforated toreceive said bosses, whereby a coupler key is adapted to be extendedthrough said slot and the perforations in the yoke part.

In Witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my namethis 2nd day of February ldlfi.

JOHN F. OCONNOR.

